On 20 Dez, Steve Lhomme wrote:

> They don't give reasons why they use LAME. But I'm really curious to know.

Perhaps because they just provide encrypted mp3s?

> I'm not sure if it's really legal to use LAME for commercial selling of the 
> encoded files (because of the patents on MP3).

They can buy a license for the involved patents. This isn't something
which is restricted to a particular encoder. You have to license the
technologie, not the implmentation.

Bye,
Alexander.

-- 
Actually, Microsoft is sort of a mixture between the Borg and the Ferengi.

http://www.Leidinger.net                       Alexander @ Leidinger.net
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